People can learn things much faster and deeper at a very early age than they can later. For example, we all learn a foreign (to us) language by age 2, and are able to speak it perfectly without an accent. Try to learn a foreign language now and speak it with no accent. You can't. But you could before age 2!
Enthralla taps into this amazing early ability to learn by presenting math and reading in very short lessons tailored to a toddler's attention span. We teach reading by showing words while pronouncing them. This method does not work well in older children, but before age 2 it's readily absorbed.
Math is taught by showing groups of dots while voicing a simple equation. For example, say 2X3=6 while displaying 2 dots, then 3 dots, then 6 dots. It's not easy to teach a toddler the meanings of abstract symbols. You would have a hard time teaching toddlers the meanings of the symbols "2" and "7", for example. You'd have an even harder time explaining how the symbols combine to make the number "27". But you can show them a group of 27 dots and they can instantly see what it means.
And, yes, at that age they can learn to see large groups of dots and immediately know how many there are. They can tell the difference between a group of 100 dots and a group of 99 dots in a fraction of a second.
"When my two kids were babies, I taught them math and reading by using flash cards. It was simple: show a card with a word written on it, and pronounce that word. Or, show cards with dots on them to represent numbers, while saying something like '27 plus 44 equals 71'.
That's why I created Enthralla. Now you can teach your children using this same proven method without the need for 100s of physcial flashcards.
Best wishes to you and your child!"
- Michael Matteson, founder of Enthralla